The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1887-03-23
WEDNESDAY, MARCH %, 1873
WHERE is TIP

Great events develop Iapluly SuinS-
times. In the present age, when space
and time have been as nearly annihi-
lated by steam and electricity as seems
to be safe or practicable, people are
not disposed to wait long for the con
summation Of promised events. Nor
Indeed is it long that they have to wait
Even in this isolated Kingdom the
throbbings of active life in the great
world around are not unfelt Hawaii
is not Insensible to the agitations of
other lands in which there is much
more running to and fro, and knowl-
edge is more increased than it is here.
We have had in politics our ina
tional party" our opposition" party,
together with a spnnkling of snug
wumps," "soreheads," aliens and office
seekers. Greatest among all these,
however, was the Irrational party"
which has been defined to mean Offices
for Hawaiians, and taxes for aliens.
Important as the national party was,
and ought to be, it is rather remark
able that so little is heard about it.
Some fourteen months ago, the national
party was to be the political panacea
for all the political ills to which l1a-
waiian flesh was heir. 1t was to be the
salvation army Of this inter-ocean com
monwealth. Progress, industry, pros
perity were to be the outcome of its
success. All who opposed the national
party were but the aliens and the moral
scum of the community; allwho swore
by its creed were the truly loyal, the
benevolent, the patriotic, and the hon.
orable among the people. The achieve
ments of this party we're to be written
inletters Of gold, and hung up by the
road-sides of the Kingdom, sung to
choice music by the Royal Hawaiian
Band, and blazed abroad in foreign
lands for the wonder and admiration Of
all nations. What, then, has become
Of the national party1 Has it all gone
on a mission to Samoa, or has it mi
grated to parts unknown Or shall
we hear Of its plenipotentiaries flourish
ing the olive wand of peace among thu
belligerently disposed monarchIes O
Europei These may be some Of it
functions, but surely they are not all
The national party was certainl
doomed as indispensable to the hig
position which Hawaii was by natur
and by inherent moral force destine
to occupy among the agencies Of COZ
mopolitan civilization. Whether il
victorious march is complete, and
has retired to some sequestere
kahuna's lodge to count the bood
or is following the role of Mohame
hiding away in some smuggler's cav
devising startling revelations in stat
craft, the taxpayers are being restiyel
anxious to find out. Some there al
who are INDUCING serious apprehel
sions that the national party" hi
breathed its last and leased its bon,
TO the Board OF Genealogy. Thel
bring forth the pig" and let its skel
ton be identified and cared for amor
the valuable relics Of Hawaiian AMI
putty. 1t will be cause of mela
choly satisfaction to the public, If Il
body itself has ceased to exist, to kno
that its remains have not been col
signed to oblivion ''unwept, unhonore
and unsung.' II would be calami
to the high functonaries Of the H
waiian Government if the shadow
the national party should ever gro
less. Its merits should not be unde
rated. Whether it is at the presel
time dead or alive, the record off
achievements can never be blotted on
The national party has unmistakab
left its footprints in the sands of tim
Ithas given the nation commodor
1t has metamorphosed heather barba
ism into medical science. 1t h
scooped in lots Of Doodle. 1t has SCI
advice and encouragement" comm